diff --git a/manage.go b/manage.go
index b5f3963..a585fd1 100644
--- a/manage.go
+++ b/manage.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleEdit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if s.rejectCrossSite(w, r) {
 		return
 	}
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+	if err := parseForm(r); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
@@ -191,6 +191,19 @@ func (s *Server) handleBulkTags(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // ── helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+// parseForm reads form values from either an application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+// or a multipart/form-data body. Browsers posting FormData send multipart,
+// which r.ParseForm alone does not read from the body; ParseMultipartForm
+// handles both — it runs ParseForm internally (so query and urlencoded values
+// are parsed) and only reports ErrNotMultipart for a non-multipart body, by
+// which point those values are already available.
+func parseForm(r *http.Request) error {
+	if err := r.ParseMultipartForm(32 << 20); err != nil && err != http.ErrNotMultipart {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // resolveSlug reports whether slug names an existing post and returns the image
 // path. It rejects anything that is not a bare, safe filename, closing path
 // traversal and access to dotfiles such as the .trash directory.
@@ -210,7 +223,7 @@ func (s *Server) resolveSlug(slug string) (string, bool) {
 // formSlugs collects slugs from repeated `slug` fields and/or a comma-separated
 // `slugs` field, de-duplicated.
 func (s *Server) formSlugs(r *http.Request) ([]string, error) {
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+	if err := parseForm(r); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	seen := make(map[string]bool)
diff --git a/manage_test.go b/manage_test.go
index ddfe274..7e7c05c 100644
--- a/manage_test.go
+++ b/manage_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"image"
 	"image/png"
+	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
@@ -58,6 +60,20 @@ func form(v url.Values) *http.Request {
 	return r
 }
 
+// multipartForm builds a multipart/form-data request, as a browser's FormData
+// does — the content type the manage handlers must parse, not just urlencoded.
+func multipartForm(fields map[string]string) *http.Request {
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	mw := multipart.NewWriter(&b)
+	for k, v := range fields {
+		mw.WriteField(k, v)
+	}
+	mw.Close()
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", &b)
+	r.Header.Set("Content-Type", mw.FormDataContentType())
+	return r
+}
+
 func readMeta(t *testing.T, content, slug string) PhotoMeta {
 	t.Helper()
 	var m PhotoMeta
@@ -213,6 +229,37 @@ func TestHandleDeleteMovesToTrashAndPrunes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestMultipartBodies guards the regression where the manage handlers used
+// r.ParseForm (urlencoded only) and silently ignored the multipart bodies that
+// browsers send via FormData, returning 200 with deleted:0 / no change.
+func TestMultipartBodies(t *testing.T) {
+	s, content, _ := newTestServer(t)
+
+	// Edit via multipart.
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.handleEdit(rec, multipartForm(map[string]string{
+		"slug": "foo", "caption": "Multipart", "date": "2021-02-03", "tags": "x,y",
+	}))
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("multipart edit: code=%d", rec.Code)
+	}
+	if m := readMeta(t, content, "foo"); m.Caption != "Multipart" || strings.Join(m.Tags, ",") != "x,y" {
+		t.Errorf("multipart edit not applied: %+v", m)
+	}
+
+	// Delete via multipart actually moves the file.
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.handleDelete(rec, multipartForm(map[string]string{"slug": "bar"}))
+	var res map[string]int
+	json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+	if res["deleted"] != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("multipart delete: deleted=%d, want 1 (body=%s)", res["deleted"], rec.Body)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(content, "bar.png")); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Error("bar.png should have moved to trash")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCSRFGuard(t *testing.T) {
 	s, _, _ := newTestServer(t) // generator.baseURL == "http://x"
 
diff --git a/templates/manage.html b/templates/manage.html
index 976f746..0caca6c 100644
--- a/templates/manage.html
+++ b/templates/manage.html
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@
       const form = new FormData();
       form.append('slug', slug);
       try {
-        await post('/api/delete', form);
+        const res = await post('/api/delete', form);
+        const j = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
+        if (!j.deleted) { flash('Not deleted — "' + slug + '" not found on the server', false); return; }
         el.remove();
         flash('Moved ' + slug + ' to trash', true);
         refreshBulk();
@@ -233,8 +235,10 @@
       const form = new FormData();
       form.append('slugs', slugs.join(','));
       try {
-        await post('/api/delete', form);
-        flash('Moved ' + slugs.length + ' to trash', true);
+        const res = await post('/api/delete', form);
+        const j = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
+        if (!j.deleted) { flash('Nothing deleted — slugs not found on the server', false); return; }
+        flash('Moved ' + j.deleted + ' to trash', true);
         await load();
       } catch (err) { flash('Delete failed: ' + err.message, false); }
     });
@@ -247,9 +251,11 @@
       form.append('slugs', slugs.join(','));
       form.append(label, val);
       try {
-        await post('/api/tags', form);
+        const res = await post('/api/tags', form);
+        const j = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
+        if (!j.updated) { flash('No posts updated', false); return; }
         document.getElementById(field).value = '';
-        flash('Updated tags on ' + slugs.length + ' post(s)', true);
+        flash('Updated tags on ' + j.updated + ' post(s)', true);
         await load();
       } catch (err) { flash('Tag update failed: ' + err.message, false); }
     }
diff --git a/trash.go b/trash.go
index db9e6c0..0d3f07a 100644
--- a/trash.go
+++ b/trash.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleRestore(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if s.rejectCrossSite(w, r) {
 		return
 	}
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+	if err := parseForm(r); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleEmptyTrash(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if s.rejectCrossSite(w, r) {
 		return
 	}
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+	if err := parseForm(r); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}